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savetheearth2013-04-21 08:18 pm
abidan) wrote in savetheearth2013-04-21 08:18 pm
oo2 • text | handwritten • some time before the teams dispatch!
[ It's concern that guides the nib of his pen to the top line of a fresh page. It's a fountain pen, one of his favourites, and a flower of ink is unfurling beneath the tip, but something stills his hand from moving any further.
Emery hasn't written in this journal in months. To be honest he's had no real desire to do so—not since he lost touch with the girl who gave it to him—but he doesn't feel like showing his face, and an electronic message seems too impersonal.
He's not good at watching people do potentially dangerous things without saying anything; not during times like these. He might not know everyone heading out tonight personally, but ... ]
You'll be careful, won't you?
[ For a few moments there's nothing more. Then; ]
All of you, I mean. And if there's anything I can do to help
[ —But that line peters out right there. All of a sudden he feels a bit guilty: surely if there was anything he could do he'd be heading out with them? ]
... Anything. Just send me a message. Oh—this is Emery, by the way.
[ Since he neglected to introduce himself in his last post. ]
Stay safe tonight.
Emery hasn't written in this journal in months. To be honest he's had no real desire to do so—not since he lost touch with the girl who gave it to him—but he doesn't feel like showing his face, and an electronic message seems too impersonal.
He's not good at watching people do potentially dangerous things without saying anything; not during times like these. He might not know everyone heading out tonight personally, but ... ]
You'll be careful, won't you?
[ For a few moments there's nothing more. Then; ]
All of you, I mean. And if there's anything I can do to help
[ —But that line peters out right there. All of a sudden he feels a bit guilty: surely if there was anything he could do he'd be heading out with them? ]
... Anything. Just send me a message. Oh—this is Emery, by the way.
[ Since he neglected to introduce himself in his last post. ]
Stay safe tonight.
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That depends on the context, I think? I'd consider your mission(?) a success if there are no casualties when you come back; even more so if you manage to find something out about the wolves.
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Beyond the mission, then. What does it mean to "succeed"? To truly win at something, in your eyes?
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To touch people. I think I've succeeded if I can help people feel new things, or maybe even introduce them to new ways of thinking.
apologies for lateness!
Never let go of that belief. Hold onto it, if you can. Life will make it hard for you, but that sort of attitude... more is certainly needed in this cruel world of ours.
Pshaw, no problem at all, love! c:
[ And now it's Emery's turn to smile. ]
Will you answer my question now?